The Bar-Rick Mine is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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Bar-Rick Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bar-Rick Mine
Secondary: Buckskin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Little Rattlesnake Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Clendon, C. H.
Home Office: P.O. Box 61, Crescent City, Ca., 95531, Phone 707-464-2809
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Siskiyou Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD IRREGULAR LENSE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Little Rattlesnake Mtn. Apparently Occupies The Crest Of An Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONC. AVERAGED 43.1% CR2O3, 12.6% FE, CR/FE 2.4. LUMP ORE AVERAGED 42% CR2O3, 12% FE, CR/FE 2.5.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): STINSON, M.C., 1975
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS 810 LONG TONS OF MILLING ORE WICH PRODUCED 290 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES AND 80 LONG TONS OF LUMP ORE.
Comment (Development): DEL NORTE COUNTY ASSESSOR ALSO LISTS THE INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT CO., CRESCENT CITY, CA., AS OWNER OF PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): 750 FT. DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION OF DEPOSIT. HIGH GRADE ORE ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK, EXPOSED IN TOW LENSED TRENDING APPROX. N80W AND SIDE. SURFACE EXPOSURES VARIED IN WIDTH FROM 4.5 FT. TO 8 IN. AND EXTENDED, APPROX. 24 FT. IN EACH DIRECTION. LOW GRADE ORE INTERMIXED WITH HIGH GRADE ORE FOUND ON SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK, EXPOSED BY EROSION OVER AN AREA OF APPROX. 450 FT WIDE BY 1000 FT. LONG.
Comment (Location): TO REACH MINE, TAKE HIGHWAY 199 10 MILES TO MYRTLE CREEK, 8 MILES ON GRADED ROAD ALONG SOUTH FORK OF SMITH RIVER TO ROCK CREEK, THEN OVER ROUGH MINING ROAD ON LITTLE RATTLESNAK MTN. ABOUT 8 MILES TO THE MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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